NPR邊聽邊練318：紐約禁止電子煙
一、泛聽建議：
1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來(lái)。
New York city has become the biggest city in the nation to add electronic cigarettes to its _1_ bans. City council boarding today 43 to 8 prohibited use in the public places. NPR, Dan Bobkoff has more.
紐約市成為美國(guó)在禁煙措施中加入禁止電子煙規(guī)定的最大城市。今天，紐約市議會(huì)以43票贊成、8票反對(duì)禁止公共場(chǎng)所使用電子煙。NPR新聞的丹·鮑勃科夫?qū)?lái)詳細(xì)報(bào)道。
New Yorkers will soon be forbidden from using e-cigarettes in the same public places regular cigarettes _2_, places like restaurants and parks. E-cigarettes create a vapor out of nicotine and other chemicals. Proponents say they are less harmful and many _3_ them precisely to get around smoking bans. Some say e-cigarettes are less dangerous than combustible cigarettes but research scanned.Matthew Miles of the campaign for tobacco free for kids says it's an open question whether the vapor from e-cigarettes _4_ to those exposed to it.
不久后紐約市民將被禁止在現(xiàn)有禁煙的公共場(chǎng)合使用電子煙，這些場(chǎng)合包括餐廳和公園等。電子煙由尼古丁和其他化學(xué)品制造出煙霧。支持者表示，電子煙危害性更小，許多人利用電子煙來(lái)逃避禁煙規(guī)定。一些人稱電子煙比可燃性香煙的危害小，但是研究還沒有結(jié)論。無(wú)煙草青少年運(yùn)動(dòng)的馬修·麥爾斯表示，電子煙的煙霧對(duì)那些吸入者是否有害是一個(gè)懸而未決的問(wèn)題。
"The American public should not be human guinea pig for the secondhand smoke from e-cigarettes."
“美國(guó)公眾不應(yīng)該成為電子二手煙的實(shí)驗(yàn)對(duì)象。”
Mayor Michael Bloomburg _5_ sign the bill before he leaves office of the end of the year. Dan Bobkoff, NPR news, New York.
紐約市長(zhǎng)邁克·布隆伯格將在今年底離任前簽署這份法案。NPR新聞，丹·鮑勃科夫紐約報(bào)道。
詞匯解析：
1. get around
規(guī)避，避開(法律或規(guī)章);
eg. Although tobacco ads are prohibited, companies get around the ban by sponsoring music shows.
雖然嚴(yán)禁為煙草做廣告，但一些煙草公司卻通過(guò)贊助音樂(lè)會(huì)來(lái)打擦邊球。
eg. It's wrong of you to get around the regulation.
你存心規(guī)避規(guī)章制度是不對(duì)的。
2. an open question
懸而未決的問(wèn)題;意見不一的問(wèn)題;
eg. A British official said he thought it was an open question whether sanctions would do any good.
一位英國(guó)官員表示，對(duì)于制裁是否能夠起到作用，他認(rèn)為尚無(wú)定論。
eg. Whether mercy killing is justifiable is still an open question.
安樂(lè)死是否正當(dāng)仍然是一個(gè)有爭(zhēng)論的問(wèn)題。
3. be exposed to
使暴露于(險(xiǎn)境);使遭受(危險(xiǎn)或不快);使受…的影響(或熏陶);使接觸;
eg. A wise mother never exposes her children to the slightest possibility of danger.
明智的母親決不會(huì)讓她的孩子置身于一丁點(diǎn)兒危險(xiǎn)之中。
eg. These units exposed children to many viewpoints of a given issue.
這些單元讓孩子們接觸到有關(guān)某一特定問(wèn)題的多種觀點(diǎn)。
參考答案：
1、smoking bans 2、are banned 3、have used
4、are harmful 5、expected to
